Configure a transmittal setup for eTransmit

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Let's talk about transmittal setups. I'll click on that button.

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Now, your transmittal setups are the key to how your transmittal will be created.

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The idea is

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to make it once for a situation and save it for future use.

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You might have set ups based on clients project types or whatever.

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Select the one that you want

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and you're good to go

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from here. You can make a new one, rename, modify or delete a setup.

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Let's create a new one and go through the settings together,

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click on new and give it a name. I'll call mine Autocad skills.

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If you already have more than one, you can select one to use as a starting point

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and then click continue.

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Now we're in the modify transmittal setup dialogue.

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The upper left is where you specify the type and location.

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You can either create a zip file or a set of files and folders.

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For this example, let's create a zip file

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below. That is a pull down to specify the file format.

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You can go all the way back to the 2000 format.

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I know a lot of people who use this option as

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a means to batch convert files to a different format.

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We'll stick with the current format, which is 2018

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below. That is a check box for annotative fidelity.

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If you're not going past 2007 or prior, this won't be an issue.

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But if you are

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and you want your annotative objects to look correct, make sure it's checked,

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then you'll specify where you want to write your transmittal file.

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I will default to the folder that your original file is in.

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I'll click the ellipsis box to verify. We

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want it to go into that same folder as floor plan sample.

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Make sure it's going to the folder you want.

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Finally, you can set the file name to prompt you when the creation begins

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to override if necessary

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or to increment file names. If necessary,

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I'll choose the latter.

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Notice the name field will fill in with the file name and the setup name.

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You can change it here. If you like

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also, this option will be grayed out if you previously chose to make a set of files.

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Next in the lower left are your three pathing options.

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You can use an organized folder structure

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if you're using relative paths for your references.

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This is a good choice as you'll also choose a root folder.

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What's a root folder?

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Let's consider this fictional project.

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All of your files and references are under the C ad folder in your project.

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This will probably also be your root folder.

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The folder structure that the transmitter creates starts there and then

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duplicates the folder structure below it

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allowing all references to resolve properly

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back to the setup options. Now,

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the middle pathing option is to place all files in one folder.

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Now, why do this

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one good reason is to ensure every reference always resolves as AUTOCAD always

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looks in the current files folder for references before it follows a path

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or

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you can choose to keep files and folders as they are.

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Do you use full paths instead of relative? This option may be your best bet

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we're going to use the first option.

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So let's make sure that the root folder is the same as your datasets folder.

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Moving on

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in the upper right. There are some actions

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you can have the transmittal, open your email client and send an email.

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You can set the default plotter to none.

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If your transmittal stays in house,

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you really don't need to select this.

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But if it's going to someone else, it's considered good form to specify it

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so that they won't get the annoying plot device, not found warnings,

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you can also bind X refs to either a bind or an insert.

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Finally, you can purge your files as you go again. This is commonly checked.

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It's a good way to reduce file size.

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Let's check both set plotter to none and purge for our transmittal.

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Finally, in the lower right are some things to include.

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The middle three are checked by default,

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they are textures, data link files and photometric web files.

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I like to include fonts as you never know

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what fonts an outside agency will or won't have.

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So let's check that

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the final option is unloaded file references. I'll check that as well.

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You also have the opportunity to add a description.

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This is a good place to note things like the file format version, package,

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type fonts, X

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refs and so on. For our example, I'll just leave it blank.

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We're done with our settings.

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So click, OK to exit the settings box and then close to exit the setups box.